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Craptastic Confirmation: MCG Officially Directing Terminator 4

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kittens

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smurfx said:
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oh dear god, no!
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seriously! you should have seen the look on my face!
 
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GhaleonEB

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I heard rumors there was a Terminator 3, but I don't think it was confirmed. Just like rumors of another couple Alien movies. I think they were just bad fan projects, assuming they do exist.

Which is to say, they're making a movie here that simply doesn't matter. The series ended with T2. Slap whatever name they want on it, Terminator it ain't.
 
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JdFoX187

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Battersea Power Station said:
You actually think there's a chance it won't be?
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This is Warner Bros., not 20th Century Fox. The dipshits at Fox are the ones who want to neuter all the movies.
 
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DMczaf

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http://www.aintitcool.com/node/34867

Hey folk Harry here. Just got off the phone with an extremely trusted source who has never been wrong before. he revealed exclusively to AICN that in the upcoming McG reboot, TERMINATOR SALVATION: The Future Begins, that they have cast CHRISTIAN BALE as none other than JOHN CONNER. you folks know what that means...

THIS IS GOING TO KICK ASS!!!
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Probably BS, but I hope it's true!
 
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SpeedingUptoStop

will totally Facebook friend you! *giggle* *LOL*
Gaf, I'm so confused....


http://www.themovieblog.com/2007/11/christian-bale-is-john-conner-in-new-terminator-movie
Christian Bale Is John Conner In New Terminator Movie

Well holy crap. The other day we reported to you guys that McG was signed on to direct the next Terminator installment tentatively titled “Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins” (bad title). I don’t think McG is a very good fit for a project like Terminator. However, there must be some people out there who love the idea because according to the guys at Ain’t It Cool News they’ve just cast the lead guy.

Yeah, the man who will play the lead character, John Conner (who was played by Nick Stahl in T:3 and Edward Furlong in T:2) is none other than Batman himself… Christian Bale. AICN gives us this:

Just got off the phone with an extremely trusted source who has never been wrong before. he revealed exclusively to AICN that in the upcoming McG reboot, TERMINATOR SALVATION: The Future Begins, that they have cast CHRISTIAN BALE as none other than JOHN CONNER. you folks know what that means… THIS IS GOING TO KICK ASS!!!
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If this indeed turns out to be true, then it’s one hell of a pull off. Nabbing Christian Bale for this would instantly bring a lot of credibility to the new Terminator movie that quite frankly has been missing.

Still… I disagree with Harry here… remember folks, Christian Bale isn’t WRITING the movie. A bad line is still a bad line weather Christian Bale or Pee-Wee Herman says it. Still… this can be seen as nothing but good news for Terminator fans.
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I dont get it GAF. My Shitastic-Fantastic Meter is off the charts. McG....Bale...McG....Bale.....McG.....Ba-AHHHHHHHH! *kills self*
 
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Busty

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Even before I heard this I have to say something right off the bat. I'm a McG apologist. I liked the Charlie's Angels films (even though the second one is a mess) and I even like the many, many TV shows he exec produces (Supernatural, The OC) through his 'shingle' (Variety -esque talk for production company..... ahem) Wonderland S&V.

In the Charlie's Angels (CA for short hand) films McG has shown that he can direct action, and handle big CGI heavy event films. Even the first CA film wasn't a marvel of story telling but at least had some great action set pieces.

But I think that getting someone like Christian Bale for the lead is a major plus in the way this film is going to be recieved. With a trilogy set in the future McG has a aral chance here to take this ailing franchise in a whole new direction.

All in all, I'm cautiously optimistic of this. On paper it make look like a long shot, but I have a feeling that everything will come together to make the film more than the sum of it's parts. Unlike say JJ Abrams new Star Trek reboot which couldn't sound any worse if it tried, Winona Ryder playing Spock's Mum, WTF?
 
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Dan

No longer boycotting the Wolfenstein franchise
If true, there must be something good about this project if Bale's willing to sign on. He's not the biggest fan of long shoots, and I doubt Terminator will be a quick one, and it'll probably be heavy on CG. He's gotta see something there to throw this into his schedule on top of the next Batman. Plus, it's probably another three movie deal.

But McG...
 
Chiggs

Chiggs

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Oh yay.... Christian Bale somehow makes up for the fact that McG is directing what's sure to be a craptastic installment of a once proud franchise. Hooray.


Dan said:
If true, there must be something good about this project if Bale's willing to sign on. He's not the biggest fan of long shoots, and I doubt Terminator will be a quick one, and it'll probably be heavy on CG. He's gotta see something there to throw this into his schedule on top of the next Batman. Plus, it's probably another three movie deal.
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Gosh, I wonder if it's the money. No, that couldn't be it. Christian Bale cares too much about quality filmmaking to let something like money get in the way.
 
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Busty

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Teh Hamburglar said:
I wont see another of this guys movies until I get a reasonable explanation why his name is McG.
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He's a big white Irish/American.

His full name is Joseph McGinty.

He produces a reality series about the Pussycat Dolls.....





....in short I have no idea.
 
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kammy

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Bale makes shit shine. The guy wouldnt do a shit movie.

CA was shitty but that IMO was probably what they were aiming for. Its so shit its good.

I think McG might pull it off, at least better than the T3 guy. He was a fucking hack, take T2 and rip it off senseless.

Would prefer a AAA holywood director to do it, its a prestigious franchise being treated like a whore :(
 
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VictimOfGrief

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Iamthegamer said:
Gaf, I'm so confused....


http://www.themovieblog.com/2007/11/christian-bale-is-john-conner-in-new-terminator-movie



I dont get it GAF. My Shitastic-Fantastic Meter is off the charts. McG....Bale...McG....Bale.....McG.....Ba-AHHHHHHHH! *kills self*
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IN BALE WE TRUST BITCHES!!!!

Honestly everyone here that hates T3 will say 2 things about it : WTF does it have to do with the first 2 movies (aside from... well DUH being named Terminator 3) and why the fuck did they cast the people that they did with a shitty plot line?

2 Answers :

1) In the vein of making a 3rd movie, the writers (IMO) did the best they could to gel the trilogy together. Now don't get me wrong, T2 is still my favorite but I have a thing for Cameron's films pre-Tit-tanic. T3 wraps up what we had been anticipating since Terminator 1... and that is Judgment Day. T1 teased it, T2 damn near promised it, T3 it happens.

2) IMO, Nick Stahl and Claire Danes should be coming back for the 4th movie simply to do the series justice. Nick and Claire were the "pretty" actors/actresses along with Kristinia Loken that were visually appealing while moving the storyboard along. Now granted as many plot holes as there were in the 3rd movie, it still bears the right to be called "Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines". Everyone who thinks otherwise just wants the series to go back to just after T2 and start over but that ain't gonna happen.

In the end GAF, are you really surprised? Are you really that shocked and outraged over this news? You know that something so beautiful and so unique could get royally fucked over for the price of an admission ticket.
 
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Rindain

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Terminator 3 isn't nearly as bad as people in this thread make it out to be, alrthough it isn't nearly as good as the first two films, either.

It was also a very, very soft "R"--why have an R-rated movie with hardly any real violence or nudity? They wasted a big chance with Kristanna Loken.
 
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DMczaf

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http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=42817

ComingSoon.net has learned that Warner Bros. Pictures' new "Terminator" film, to be directed by McG, is now without a title. It was previously known as Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins.

The sci-fi action-thriller stars Christian Bale (The Dark Knight) and Sam Worthington (Avatar). The pic will reinvent the cyborg saga with a storyline to be told over a three-movie span. It is set in the future, in a full-scale war between Skynet and humankind.

The studio is targeting a May 22, 2009 release.
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Hopefully its not because they are adding another colon and subtitle.
 
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smurfx

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crap i forgot i had posted in this thread before. lol this movie is still going to suck. wonder what the terminator will be like in this movie.
 
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Spotless Mind

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Wait, Sam Worthington is starring? He is a fantastic Australian actor. I'm interested to see him in a film like this. Didn't know he was in Avatar either. Doesn't alter my view of this likely sucking, but the casting is at least great.
 
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Danj

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I think The Sarah Connor Chronicles is better than whatever this project will turn out to be. Such a shame that it got prematurely terminated due to the stupid strike.
 
Brian Fellows

Brian Fellows

Pete Carroll Owns Me
Danj said:
I think The Sarah Connor Chronicles is better than whatever this project will turn out to be. Such a shame that it got prematurely terminated due to the stupid strike.
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I think the smaller run helped keep the story extremely tight. If it does indeed come back next year I wish they'd just do another short run. Wont happen though.
 
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Busty

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When the first trailer for this film comes out in early 2009 you're going to be falling over each other to see it.


Mark. My. Words.
 
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glaurung

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mosaic said:
Shit like this gets the green light while Robocop Vs The Terminator doesn't?!
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Oh dear, there actually was someone who wanted to do that?

What are they going to think of next, Terminator versus Björk?
 
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Holtz

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Busty said:
When the first trailer for this film comes out in early 2009 you're going to be falling over each other to see it.


Mark. My. Words.
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Pretty much. Future War=Sex on screen.
 
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Geek

Ninny Prancer
Busty said:
When the first trailer for this film comes out in early 2009 you're going to be falling over each other to see it.


Mark. My. Words.
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It can't possibly be any worse than Terminator 3, so I'm still game. Believe in Bale!
 
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